Christopher Neil Dickinson (born 4 November 1994) is an English semi-professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Division Two club Billingham Town.

Career

Dickinson was born in

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. He started his career with

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's youth system in 2008 and was the youth team top scorer in the 2011–12 season. Following Darlington's

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from the

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he joined York City in July 2012, the newly promoted

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club taking over the second year of his scholarship. While still a trainee with York he went to

Division Two club Northallerton Town on

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during December 2012, making his debut as a 60th-minute substitute for Carl Chillingsworth in a 2–0 defeat away to

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on 29 December. He made one more outing as a substitute before returning to York with two Northallerton appearances to his name. Dickinson signed a one-year professional contract with York in June 2013 and rejoined Northallerton one a one-month loan in September. He made his second debut for the club in a 3–0 away win over Ryton & Crawcrook Albion on 14 September 2013, and scored his first career goal with an early equaliser in Northallerton's 4–2 home defeat to Chester-le-Street Town on 28 September. After scoring once in six appearances Northallerton wanted to extend Dickinson's loan once it expired, but York manager

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preferred to loan him to a club in a higher division. He then joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side

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on a one-month loan on 1 November 2013. His debut came a day later as a 69th-minute substitute for Steven Snaith in a 2–1 away win over Stamford. Dickinson made his only start for Whitby against Brigg Town in a

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match that ended in a 6–5 penalty shoot-out defeat following a 0–0 draw after

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, and finished the loan with four appearances. He made his debut for York as a 90th-minute substitute for

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in a 4–0

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win over

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on 15 February 2014. After making two appearances for the club he was released in May 2014. Dickinson signed for Conference North club

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ahead of their opening match of 2014–15 on 9 August 2014, and scored in this match as his new team beat

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2–1 at home. However, he left the club on 29 August 2014 to find a club closer to his home in the

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, having scored one goal in four appearances for Boston. Dickinson signed for

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club Annan Athletic in January 2015, making his debut as a 76th-minute substitute for Kieran Brannan in a 3–2 home defeat to Elgin City on 10 January. He made four appearances before being released by Annan in May 2015. After a spell with Northern League Division One club West Auckland Town, Dickinson signed for Billingham Town of the Northern League Division Two in October 2015. A month later, he joined their divisional rivals Billingham Synthonia, debuting at home to Chester-le-Street on 28 November 2015. Scoring 5 goals from 23 appearances, he rejoined Billingham Town in the summer of 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickinson, Chris 1994 births Living people Footballers from Stockton-on-Tees English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Darlington F.C. players York City F.C. players Northallerton Town F.C. players Whitby Town F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Annan Athletic F.C. players West Auckland Town F.C. players Billingham Town F.C. players Billingham Synthonia F.C. players Northern Football League players Northern Premier League players English Football League players National League (English football) players Scottish Professional Football League players